Mar 27, 2013

Second Winter

The official day of spring came and gave us a little glimpse of the warm weather, with some melting that happened. Our hopes were crushed with a brutal snow storm that blasted the mid west.
For two days wind and snow pummelled Lloydminster and area. The highways were impassable. Lease roads were drifted in so bad that graders were getting stuck. It got so bad that semi's and graders that were stuck were left on the spot. As the storm ended these vehicles were buried. All that you could see was the exhaust stacks and cab of the grader. A train even got stuck south of Lloydminster.

Cats were called in to clean up lease roads and back roads as tractors could not push the snow. The drifts were hard packed.












5 Years and Counting

Last month I received my 5 year award for working at Devon. There have been many ups and downs but working at Devon has provided a very good life for our little family. Here's to the next 5 years, may they be successful and fulfilling. Thank- you Devon for taking a chance on an unknown kid.



WORST FEELING EVER!!!!

Combine a pregnant lady, that has to pee and a sticky wet tighter then usual bathing suit, what does that equal the closest call I have had yet. On a positive note since being put on light duty from my doc Wednesday nights are the only thing I look forward to right now as I go swim laps at the pool. My only form of exercise besides the odd casual walk in the past 4 weeks, and tonight I got in 50 laps. The most I have ever done.  It felt amazing and I could feel some of those endorphins I get from running. It made me want to come home and hop on that treadmill. Soon Kalinda Soon. 3 weeks tomorrow and I have my 13 week ultrasound. It can't come soon enough.


Mar 24, 2013

SLEDDING DADDY STYLE!





After her first slide she just wanted to go back for more and more. That is why dad's are so great they think of the funnest things to do.

Mar 20, 2013

M=4, B=1

What is that crazy equation mean, well if you have not figured it out it means that Macie took 4 years to get pregnant with and Baby Hunsperger took 1 try. I am still in such shock and can't believe we are going to be a family of 4. It has taken me some time to get excited, as we really didn't want to get pregnant until September, but with Birth Control being the most horrific thing I have ever been on in my life and me having this wonderful disease called Endometriosis, once I went of the pill, trying for another seemed like the most logical choice. We thought the earliest we would be pregnant was April and thought for sure by June we would be knocked up, I was happy with that and that our kids would be just over 2 years apart. However that is not what the Lord had planned for us. It was funny how two days after we had some UMMMMM "fun", I was in the kitchen drinking a glass of water after eating healthy all day and just gone for a 5KM run when I felt so bloated. The thought of being pregnant crossed my mind, but I brushed it away quickly thinking it was impossible. For the next 5 days I experienced the same feelings and was starting to think I was going mental, I would talk to Mark about it and tell him how I really think I am pregnant but how I thought that was impossible. I tested on a sick the day my period was due and it came back negative, well I am not pregnant, thank goodness, but I am going crazy and my body is definitely not itself right now. 3 days later my period still hadn't come so I said one last try and if it comes back negative I really am not pregnant and I need to go see a doctor for whatever is going on with my body. Well 1 minute into peeing on that stick and there was a positive sign. Emotions were all over the place, YAY I am not going crazy, my body is not messed up, uh oh I am pregnant and due in October, what no way how is this possible there is no way. Now that I am almost 9 weeks, and we had a slight scare and thought we had lost it, and I got to see my baby and see it's heartbeat on an ultrasound I am filled with such joy and excitement to be snuggling my little baby boy or girl in less then 7 months.  This pregnancy has been totally different then Macie's. Sick, Sick and more Sick. Bloated every single minute of every single day, my complexion is terrible, my hair is a greasy dry mess. Yes I know I am complaining but I just want to remember the good and the bad of my pregnancies. Oh and the waistline is getting huge. No seriously huge. Not only do they say you grow bigger sooner with the second, but when you are nauseas and carbs are the only thing to settle your stomach and the doctor puts you on light activity, so that means no exercising my body just goes to crap, all my muscle tone is gone none of my clothes fit, and the scale yesterday had me putting on 4 lbs in two weeks. Can you just imagine the tears. I am trying not to think about it 24/7 but when you have spent the last three years of your life getting healthy, making huge lifestyle changes and being the skinniest and healthiest you have ever been in your life it definitely hits your pride when you feel like you have no control over your body. Let's just end that rant by saying I can't wait for the 2nd trimester to come, when I can work out again, and hopefully the nausea is gone and I can't eat as I please, and the belly growth is from baby and not fat.  Oh one last thing we are 100% not finding out the sex of the baby and I can't wait to be surprised in the delivery room, this is our last and I love the idea of being surprised.

Mar 13, 2013

Macie has something to share!!!!





DEFINITLEY A DUDLEY!!

Although this little girl looks 100% like her daddy, today she proved to me that there is some Dudley in her, as she devoured the first glass of chocolate milk I gave her. Not only did she down it but when she got to the end, even though she was drinking through a straw she thought if she tipped the glass up she could sip back every last drop. Little did she know it would just spill all over herself.

Mar 10, 2013

Bump, SET, Spike

This Past weekend, was great. Thursday- Saturday Lakeland College hosted the 2013 Womans National Volleyball Championship. Eight teams from across Canada came to show their skills and vie in for the Gold medal. Because of our busy toddler we made most of the 6:00pm games and 2/3rds of the Lakeland games each day. These girls played very good. We were very impressed with the skill level of these athletes.
Lakeland hosted the event so they were automatically in the tournament, and seated in # 6th. They played their hearts out and caused 2 upsets against HC  Hawks, and the EM Lynx to make it to the gold metal game. The home town crowd came out to support by the hundreds. The energy level from the crowd was unparallelled to any other college event we have attended.
Macie was such a great fan, as she stayed late for most of the games and was very pleasant.








Photo: Just watching some woman's volley ball no big deal :)
Macie and Emrie discussing their plans to play on a championship team

The Gold medal game was played on Saturday night, before a packed gym. Standing room only, the place was jammed. Our girls started out keeping up with the #1 ranked team, Fraser Valley Cascades, but fell short in 3 straight sets. This marks 5 golds in the past 6 years for the Cascades. We were very proud of our Rustlers. SILVER!!!!
Final Results of the weekend;

GOLD  Fraser Valley Cascades  PACWEST
SILVER  Lakeland Rustlers   ACAC 
BRONZE  Elans de Garneau   RSEQ 
Fourth  Lynx d'Edouard-Montpetit   RSEQ 
Fifth/Sixth  Humber Hawks   OCAA 
Fifth/Sixth  NAIT Ooks   ACAC 
Seventh  MSVU Mystics   ACAA 
Eighth  Columbia Bearcats   PACWEST